Tropic thunder: LPGA in Hainan

Current and former world No's 4 Suzann Pettersen and Morgan Pressel will now join a star-studded cast teeing off on tropical Hainan island for China's inaugural LPGA event, the China Golf Association announced this week.

Norway's Petterson, who won last year's LPGA Championship, and Florida native Pressel, the youngest-ever winner of an LPGA major, will compete in the much-heralded Grand China Air event alongside world No 2 Annika Sorenstam and third-ranked Tseng Yani of Chinese Taipei, who committed previously.

The Oct 24-26 tournament now boasts three of the world's top four female players according to the Rolex Rankings plus one of the game's most exciting young talents in Pressel.